ἕζομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *heďďomai, from Proto-Indo-European *séd-ye-, from *sed-. Compare ἵζω (hízō, “set”). Cognate with Old English sittan (English sit), Old Norse sitja and Old High German sizzen.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /héz.do.mai̯/ → /ˈe.zo.mɛ/ → /ˈe.zo.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /héz.do.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e.zo.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.zo.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.zo.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.zo.me/

Verb

ἕζομαι • (hézomai) (chiefly poetic)

1. to sit, sit oneself

Usage notes

There is no active present *ἕζω (*hézō), but there are transitive tenses as though they derive from it (later forms): See ἵζω (hízō) for

• εἷσα (heîsa),
• middle aorist εἱσάμην (heisámēn) (with the sense ἱδρύω (“dedicate temples statues”)),
• middle future εἵσομαι (heísomai),
• passive perfect εἷμαι (heîmai)

Inflection

   Present: ἕζομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἕζομαι	ἕζῃ, ἕζει	ἕζεται	ἕζεσθον	ἕζεσθον	ἑζόμεθᾰ	ἕζεσθε	ἕζονται
	subjunctive	ἕζωμαι	ἕζῃ	ἕζηται	ἕζησθον	ἕζησθον	ἑζώμεθᾰ	ἕζησθε	ἕζωνται
	optative	ἑζοίμην	ἕζοιο	ἕζοιτο	ἕζοισθον	ἑζοίσθην	ἑζοίμεθᾰ	ἕζοισθε	ἕζοιντο
	imperative		ἕζου	ἑζέσθω	ἕζεσθον	ἑζέσθων		ἕζεσθε	ἑζέσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						ἕζεσθαι
participle	m					ἑζόμενος
	f					ἑζομένη
	n					ἑζόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἑζόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἑζόμην	ἕζου	ἕζετο	ἕζεσθον	ἑζέσθην	ἑζόμεθᾰ	ἕζεσθε	ἕζοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἑζόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἑζόμην	ἕζου	ἕζετο	ἕζεσθον	ἑζέσθην	ἑζόμεθᾰ	ἕζεσθε	ἕζοντο
	subjunctive	ἕζωμαι	ἕζῃ	ἕζηται	ἕζησθον	ἕζησθον	ἑζώμεθᾰ	ἕζησθε	ἕζωνται
	optative	ἑζοίμην	ἕζοιο	ἕζοιτο	ἕζοισθον	ἑζοίσθην	ἑζοίμεθᾰ	ἕζοισθε	ἕζοιντο
	imperative		ἑζοῦ	ἑζέσθω	ἕζεσθον	ἑζέσθων		ἕζεσθε	ἑζέσθων
					middle
infinitive					ἑζέσθαι
participle	m				ἑζόμενος
	f				ἑζομένη
	n				ἑζόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Synonyms

• κᾰθέζομαι (kathézomai), ἕζομαι (hézomai, “sit oneself, sit down”)
• κᾰ́θημαι (káthēmai), ἧμαι (hêmai, “to be seated”)
• κᾰθῐζᾰ́νω (kathizánō), ῐ̔ζᾰ́νω (hizánō, “to cause to sit, to sit down”)
• κᾰθῐ́ζω (kathízō), ῐ̔́ζω (hízō, “to cause to sit, to sit down”)

Derived terms

• ἀποκαθέζομαι (apokathézomai)
• διακαθέζομαι (diakathézomai)
• ἐγκαθέζομαι (enkathézomai)
• ἐνέζομαι (enézomai)
• ἐπικαθέζομαι (epikathézomai)
• ἐφέζομαι (ephézomai)
• καθέζομαι (kathézomai)
• μετακαθέζομαι (metakathézomai)
• παρέζομαι (parézomai)
• προκαθέζομαι (prokathézomai)
• προσκαθέζομαι (proskathézomai)
• συγκαθέζομαι (sunkathézomai)
• συμπαρακαθέζομαι (sumparakathézomai)
• συνέζομαι (sunézomai)
• ὑπερκαθέζομαι (huperkathézomai)
• ὑποκαθέζομαι (hupokathézomai)
• ὑφέζομαι (huphézomai)

 

Related terms

• ἧμαι (hêmai) (see inflection notes)
• ἵζω (hízō)

References

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἕζομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 376
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• “ἕζομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἕζομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἕζομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἕζομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἕζομαι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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